These proceedings have been instituted under Article 32 of the
Constitution by two petitioners who are stated to be working as Systems
Officers and Systems Assistants since 2009 on a contractual basis. The
petitioners state that Systems Officers and Systems Assistants were engaged
in the High Court and the district courts in the State of Gujarat in
consonance with the National Policy and Action Plan prepared by the E-
Committee. In 2013, the Government of Gujarat sanctioned posts of Systems
Officers and Systems Assistants in the regular cadre. An amendment was
made to the recruitment rules in 2015 for filling up these posts by direct
recruitment. The existing Systems Officers and Systems Assistants working
in various district courts submitted a representation seeking their
absorption. An online skill test was conducted. Another representation
was submitted on 16 March 2016. However, the representation for absorption
was rejected on 26 May 2016. On 9 September 2016 an advertisement was
published by the Registrar (Recruitment and Finance) inviting applications
for thirty posts of Systems Officers and thirty posts of Systems
Assistants. The Writ Petition has been instituted seeking to challenge
the advertisement issued by the High Court and for a mandamus for
incorporating a provision in the recruitment rules for the absorption of
the petitioners and similarly placed persons.

2 We are not inclined to entertain a Writ Petition under Article 32 of
the Constitution. The petitioners have a remedy available of moving the
High Court on the judicial side under Article 226 of the Constitution. In
the circumstances, while leaving it open to the petitioners to institute
appropriate proceedings as they may be advised, we decline to entertain
this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution.